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Building Future Preparedness

January 21, 2022
15:00–15:45 (Europe/Paris time zone)

About this session

Despite warnings that a global pandemic was a real possibility, few countries were ready for COVID-19. The world has also been disastrously late in responding to evidence of damaging climate change. As we face an uncertain future, what lessons about risk, resilience and preparedness must be learned? Simultaneous interpretation in English, Arabic, French, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian...
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Speakers

AT
Adam Tooze
Director, European Institute
Columbia University
OR
Odile Françoise Renaud-Basso
President
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
MA
Mohammed Al-Jadaan
Minister of Finance
Ministry of Finance of Saudi Arabia
CM
Christian Mumenthaler
Group Chief Executive Officer
Swiss Re
JF
Jeremy Farrar
Director
Wellcome Trust

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